Chapter 5 Flashcards

Front

Kinematics

Back

The study of how objects move.

Front

Dynamics

Back

The study of why objects move as they do.

Front

Force

Back

An agent that results in accelerating or deforming (stretch, bend, or squeeze) an object.

Front

Push or Pull

Back

A force can be described as a push or pull.

Front

All forces are _____ quantities.

Back

vector

Front

Gravitational force

Back

An attractive force that exists between all objects; the weakest of the four forces.

Front

Electromagnetic force

Back

The forces that give materials their strength and ability to bend, squeeze, stretch, or shatter.

Front

Electric charge

Back

A basic property of particles that results in electromagnetic forces.

Front

Strong nuclear force

Back

The force that holds the particles in the nucleus of an atom together. It is the strongest of the four forces and acts only over distances the size of the nucleus.

Front

Weak force

Back

A form of electromagnetic force involved in the radioactive decay of some nuclei.